<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; border-collapse: collapse; ">@Jeroen: Yes, all results will be public, but since no personally identifiable information is collected, I doubt that will pose a problem.<div>
<br></div><div>@Everyone: Just to clarify, I'm *not* asking for regions to run the experiment on. I already have one and I'm using it.</div><div><br></div><div>I'm asking for other people to reproduce the study and see if they get the same results I do - not only is the ability of other researchers to repeat an experiment a fundamental part of the scientific process, just seeing if OpenSim can make reproducing a study like this easier is worth finding out.</div>
<div><br></div><div>I've provided a download of my experimental setup and instructions on how to follow my procedure and grab your data for analysis at <a href="http://hokiegrid.cs.vt.edu/index.php?&page=smodul&id=34&btn=33&subbtn=34" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(42, 93, 176); ">http://hokiegrid.cs.vt.edu/index.php?&page=smodul&id=34&btn=33&subbtn=34</a> - anyone, please let me know if you can do this!</div>
<div><br></div><div>Thanks,</div><div>Elizabeth</div><div><br></div></span><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Apr 29, 2010 at 4:24 AM, Jeroen van Veen <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:j.veenvan@gmail.com">j.veenvan@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">i posted a request to the pilot group, if they're interested in participating.<br>
Will the results of the research be public?<br>
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Jeroen<br>
</font><div><div></div><div class="h5"><br>
On Thursday 29 April 2010 09:15:26 Elizabeth Lowry wrote:<br>
> Hi all,<br>
><br>
> I tried telling the individuals who answered my first email back in March<br>
> about this, but I haven't gotten any responses yet.<br>
><br>
> I'd really like to compare the results I'm getting from my study with<br>
> someone else's - I've posted instructions at<br>
> <a href="http://hokiegrid.cs.vt.edu/index.php?&page=smodul&id=34&btn=33&subbtn=34" target="_blank">http://hokiegrid.cs.vt.edu/index.php?&page=smodul&id=34&btn=33&subbtn=34</a><br>
> and I'd really like to talk to some of you about reproducing my<br>
> experiment. Please? It's for science!<br>
><br>
> Thank you,<br>
> Elizabeth Lowry<br>
><br>
> On Mon, Mar 22, 2010 at 10:29 AM, Elizabeth Lowry <<a href="mailto:emlowry@vt.edu">emlowry@vt.edu</a>> wrote:<br>
> > Hi all,<br>
> ><br>
> > My name is Elizabeth Lowry and I'm a Master's Student in the Computer<br>
> > Science program at Virginia Tech.<br>
> ><br>
> > As part of my thesis, I'm going to be running a user study using OpenSim.<br>
> ><br>
> > I'll be packaging my setup, including the data collection tools, in an<br>
> > OAR,<br>
> ><br>
> > and I'm hoping some of you will be willing to reproduce my experiment<br>
> > using that OAR and let me compare your results to mine.<br>
> ><br>
> > The idea of the experiment is to measure the effect of levels of spatial<br>
> > presentation in a virtual environment on that environment's<br>
> > effectiveness.<br>
> ><br>
> > I'll be presenting two lessons -- one on the photoelectric effect, a<br>
> > topic<br>
> ><br>
> > with a level of inherent spatial content, and one on a yet-to-be<br>
> > determined topic that isn't inherently spatial, like music or logic --<br>
> > at three levels of spatial presentation -- as a slide show given in the<br>
> > virtual world, as a set of posters arranged in space (with the slides<br>
> > from the<br>
> > previously-mentioned slideshow as the posters), and as a set of full-on<br>
> > 3D exhibits (presenting the same information as the slides) taking<br>
> > advantage of a virtual environment's ability to present 3D objects.<br>
> > Subjects will visit exactly one of the<br>
> > topic/level-of-spatial-presentation combinations for a set period of<br>
> > time and their learning will be measured by comparing their scores on<br>
> > quizzes before and after visiting.<br>
> ><br>
> > The question I'm hoping to answer is: How much effort is really worth it<br>
> > in the construction of a virtual learning environment? And does this<br>
> > level of effort vary between topics that are inherently spatial and ones<br>
> > that aren't?<br>
> ><br>
> > If the full-3D versions of the learning environments in the study lead<br>
> > to<br>
> ><br>
> > the greatest improvements in quiz scores, it'll indicate that the greater<br>
> > amount of effort required to build such environments pays off in better<br>
> > learning.<br>
> ><br>
> > Obviously, more work would need to be done in the future, whatever the<br>
> > results of this study -- but to get solid results on this study, I'd like<br>
> > your help.<br>
> ><br>
> > Is anyone on this list in a position to run a user study in OpenSim with<br>
> > 30 or more participants by mid to late April?<br>
> ><br>
> > Thank you,<br>
> > Elizabeth Lowry<br>
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